Charles Edward was at various points in his life a British prince and royal duke, a German duke, and a Nazi politician. He was the last ruling Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, a state of the German Empi
Charles Edward as SA-Obergruppenführer
Claremont house: Charles Edward's birthplace and childhood home
Charles Edward (front centre) with his sister, mother and maternal family (1895)
Charles Edward with his staff at a military exercise (1904)
Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, was the eighth child and youngest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. He was later created Duke of Albany, Earl of Clarence, and Baron Arklow. He had haemophilia,
Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
…the Nazi regime, including leader of the German Red Cross, and acted as an unofficial diplomat for the German government. Charles Edward's parents were Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, and Princess Helen of Waldeck and Pyrmont. His paternal grandparents were Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and…
Prince Leopold in 1855
The Marriage of the Duke of Albany by James Dromgole Linton. The painting was commissioned by Queen Victoria but was finished in 1885 after Leopold's death.
Princess Alice of Albany
Bundesarchiv Bild 183 R05618, Karl Eduard von Sachsen Coburg und Gotha